Sprouts Cooking Club

In 2006, Sprouts was launched in the Bay Area with the mission to teach children from all socioeconomic, physical and mental health backgrounds the importance of healthy, nutritional foods through hands-on cooking with REAL chefs with REAL ingredients in REAL restaurants. In 2009, it was formally converted into an official 501c3, thanks to the encouragement of Alice Waters, a member of Sprouts’ advisory board.We achieve our mission through 5 programs:

1) Sprouts’ CIT program: a 6-month culinary, vocational training for at-risk youth ages 16-24 which provides them with the skill set needed to obtain and maintain a job in the modern restaurant industry.

2) Subsidized, in-restaurant cooking classes and camps for diverse Bay-Area children, ages 7-12 years old.

3) Subsidized, after school cooking classes at public and Title 1 schools in the Bay Area that teach nutritional basics, sugar awareness, and cooking skills to diverse youth.

4) Free cooking classes at Girls Inc, our official Bay-Area nonprofit partner.

5) Free and subsidized cooking classes for youth with emotional and physical disabilities, in partnership with community organizations such as CoachArt and Phillips Academy